Last updated: 6 May 2025
Our Website
EngineerIdea is located at https://engineeridea.com.
Comments
When you leave a comment we collect the information shown in the comment form, plus your IP address and browser user‑agent to help us detect spam.
We create an anonymised hash of your email address for the Gravatar service to verify whether you use it. After approval, your profile picture becomes public alongside your comment.
Media
If you upload images, please remove embedded location data (EXIF GPS). Visitors can download and extract location data from images on the site.
Cookies
You can choose to save your name, email and website in cookies when you leave a comment, so you don’t have to re‑enter them next time. These cookies last for one year.
A temporary cookie is set on the login page to determine whether your browser accepts cookies; it contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we set cookies to store your login credentials for two days (two weeks if you select “Remember Me”) and screen‑display preferences for one year. Logging out removes the login cookies.
Editing or publishing an article adds an extra cookie containing only the post ID of the article you edited; it expires after one day.
Embedded Content from Other Websites
Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles). Such content behaves exactly as though you visited the external site, which may collect data, use cookies and monitor your interaction—especially if you are logged‑in to that service.
Who We Share Your Data With
If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How Long We Retain Your Data
Comments and their metadata are kept indefinitely to recognise and approve follow‑up comments automatically.
Registered users can view, edit or delete their personal information at any time (username cannot be changed). Website administrators can also view and edit that information.
Your Rights over Your Data
You can request an exported file of the personal data we hold about you or ask us to erase it. This excludes any data we must keep for administrative, legal or security purposes.
Where Your Data Is Sent
Visitor comments may be checked by an automated spam‑detection service.
Who we are
Suggested text: Our website address is: https://engineeridea.com.
Comments
Suggested text: When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.
An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.
Media
Suggested text: If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.
Cookies
Suggested text: If you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.
If you visit our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.
When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.
If you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.
Embedded content from other websites
Suggested text: Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.
These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.
Who we share your data with
Suggested text: If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.
How long we retain your data
Suggested text: If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.
For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.
What rights you have over your data
Suggested text: If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.
Where your data is sent
Suggested text: Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.